Brown House Snakes
Boaedon
Boaedon is a genus of snakes, commonly known as brown house snakes, in the family Lamprophiidae. The genus is native to Africa, and was originally described by French zoologists André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril. However, the species contained in the genus Boaedon were reclassified as belonging to the genus Lamprophis, which had been described by Austrian zoologist Leopold Fitzinger in 1843. This taxonomy remained widely accepted until November 2010 when a phylogenetic study was published by South African herpetologist Christopher M.R. Kelly et al. who resurrected the Boaedon clade. Primary literature usually lists Boaedon and related genera as belonging to the family Lamprophiidae within the superfamily Elapoidea, the superfamily which includes the venomous cobras and mambas.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Cape House Snake
speciesBoaedon capensis
Brown House Snake
speciesBoaedon fuliginosus
Bug-Eyed House Snake
speciesBoaedon mentalis
Boaedon bedriagae
speciesBoaedon bedriagae
Striped House Snake
speciesBoaedon lineatus
Olive House Snake
speciesBoaedon olivaceus
Boaedon mendesi
speciesBoaedon mendesi
Boaedon perisilvestris
speciesBoaedon perisilvestris
Hallowell's House Snake
speciesBoaedon virgatus
Boaedon fradei
speciesBoaedon fradei
Boaedon montanus
speciesBoaedon montanus
Seychelles House Snake
speciesBoaedon geometricus
Boaedon angolensis
speciesBoaedon angolensis
Long-lined House Snake
speciesBoaedon longilineatus
Boaedon bocagei
speciesBoaedon bocagei
Dark-bellied Housesnake
speciesBoaedon variegatus
Boaedon arabicus
speciesBoaedon arabicus
Radford's House Snake
speciesBoaedon radfordi
Coastal House Snake
speciesBoaedon littoralis
Eastern Congo White-bellied Water Snake
speciesBoaedon upembae
Central African Lined House Snake
speciesBoaedon paralineatus
Yellow House Snake
speciesBoaedon subflavus
Boaedon branchi
speciesBoaedon branchi
Dotted House Snake
speciesBoaedon maculatus
Lined Water Snake
speciesBoaedon subtaeniatus
Boaedon broadleyi
speciesBoaedon broadleyi
Boaedon subniger
speciesBoaedon subniger
Boaedon unicolor
speciesBoaedon unicolor
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 121047.